_Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasuries of the house of the Lord._ THE FOLLY OF BRIBERY Trust in man, not in God-- I. Led to sacrilege in religious things. Gifts bestowed or promised with a view to prevent judgment or corrupt morals abominable. Bribery a canker in constitution... [ Continue Reading ]
_Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord._ ASA’S WANT OF FAITH Sin like Asa’s has been the supreme apostasy of the Church in all her branches and through all her generations: Christ has been denied, not by lack of devotion, but by want of faith. Champions of the f... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth._ DIVINE PROVIDENCE We need not concern ourselves with the occasion on which these words were uttered. Spoken by a prophet to Asa, king of Judah, they have been “recorded for our instruction.” The representation sets forth Divine t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then Asa was wroth with the seer._ A RELUCTANT CONSCIENCE It is said that straw which had been used for the bedding of the lions at Wombwell’s menagerie was sold, and placed in a stable as bedding for some horses. No, sooner did the horses enter than they began to show signs of alarm, snorting, s... [ Continue Reading ]
_And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the books of the kings._ ASA; OR FAILURE AT THE LAST Asa’s case is a Scriptural declaration, that one who has begun well, who has even done much for God, may fall miserably, may fail at last. What were the causes of his fall?... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Asa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet _ MIND-CURE That sickness is twin born with sin is the oldest tradition in the world. Our maladies arise from something finer than the germs any microscope can detect; and if all disease has its origin in the ill-disposed... [ Continue Reading ]